India’s biomass sector faces both challenges and opportunities as it strives to play a pivotal role in the country’s renewable energy landscape. Despite abundant biomass resources, logistical constraints and supply chain inefficiencies pose significant challenges to scaling up biomass power generation and biofuel production.
Dr. Neha Kapoor, a renewable energy policy expert, highlighted the need for targeted policy interventions and infrastructure investments to overcome these barriers. Enhancing biomass collection, storage, and transportation infrastructure is critical to ensuring reliable feedstock supply for biomass energy projects, particularly in remote and rural areas.
On the brighter side, technological advancements, coupled with supportive government policies and increasing corporate investments, present promising opportunities for the growth of India’s biomass sector. Innovations in biomass gasification, biogas production, and biofuel refining hold the key to unlocking the sector’s full potential, driving sustainable development and economic growth across the country.
